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instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: Geologist Erin Argyilan has in the last 10 months studied sediment , analyzed wind patterns and mapped terrain , but she hasn ’ t solved the mystery of the holes that appear and vanish in the beige sands of Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore .<sep>Span: studied
answer:
How did Erin Argylian study this sediment?
question:
Sentence: After meeting with his senior health , homeland security and national security advisers , Obama told reporters that in the wake of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States , officials would study increasing screening plans .<sep>Span: screening plans
answer:
Who will run these screening plans?
question:
Sentence: Like Darwin ’ s finches or Great Britain ’ s peppered moths , these hedgehogs of the sea increasingly embody nature ’ s stunning capacity for resilience .<sep>Span: hedgehogs of the sea
answer:
| Why are sea urchins known as hedgehogs of the sea?
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Part 1. Definition
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Answer: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: Geologist Erin Argyilan has in the last 10 months studied sediment , analyzed wind patterns and mapped terrain , but she hasn ’ t solved the mystery of the holes that appear and vanish in the beige sands of Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore .<sep>Span: studied
Answer: | How did Erin Argylian study this sediment? | 7 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example Input: Sentence: The proposals that emerged focus on schools , which Valls calls an " essential link " in transmitting French values of tolerance and freedoms .<sep>Span: " essential link "
Example Output: How are schools the essential link to passing French values?
Example Input: Sentence: And gun supporters are encouraging delegates , alternates and guests to carry black powder guns inside .<sep>Span: black powder guns
Example Output: What are black powder guns?
Example Input: Sentence: North Korea has also threatened its neighbors South Korea and Japan , both strong U . S . allies .<sep>Span: threatened
Example Output: | What was the threat?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution is here: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this: Sentence: Such products are made possible by recent advances in technology that allow manufacturers to create nano - sized silver and incorporate it into various materials .<sep>Span: nano - sized
Solution: | What unit of measure determines this? | 6 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Part 1. Definition
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Answer: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: New attempts to answer the question suggest that in order to halt the calamitous chain of transmission at least 50 percent of all infectious Ebola patients in West Africa — and perhaps 70 percent — would need to be isolated and kept from infecting other individuals .<sep>Span: perhaps 70 percent
Answer: | Wouldn't the other 30% of patients continue spreading the virus? | 7 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Why? It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input: Sentence: The preparations come after a string of threats from that country ’ s new , untested supreme leader , Kim Jong - un .<sep>Span: string of threats
Solution: | What caused this string of threats from Kim Jong-un? | 0 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: An unfortunate irony to emerge from our lackluster economic recovery is that even as millions of Americans remain unemployed or underemployed , too many employers are unable to find qualified candidates for open positions .<sep>Span: positions
A: If so many Americans are unemployed or underemployed, then how come so many employers are unable to find qualified candidates for open positions?
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Q: Sentence: People are reacting to proposed protection for the dwindling amphibians , fearing it will “ seal off ” land to logging , grazing and hiking , and threaten use of foothill reservoirs .<sep>Span: “ seal off ”
A: Would land owners have restricted access to their own property? Would access to public land be restricted?
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Q: Sentence: The preparations come after a string of threats from that country ’ s new , untested supreme leader , Kim Jong - un .<sep>Span: string of threats
A: | What caused this string of threats from Kim Jong-un?
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Part 1. Definition
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Answer: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: A new issue is growing out of labor ’ s drive for a higher minimum wage for fast - food employees : wage theft , an umbrella term for failing to pay workers what they ’ re legally owed .<sep>Span: what they ’ re legally owed
Answer: | How are fast-food establishments not paying what workers are legally owed? | 7 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example is below.
Q: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
A: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Rationale: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: Though a little banged up , these meteorites provide a vital up - close view of our rust - hued neighbor .<sep>Span: banged up ,
A: | What kind of damage do they sustain? | 9 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution is here: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this: Sentence: Teens in the study were generally from lower - income families , and one - fifth of them had previously been arrested .<sep>Span: lower - income
Solution: | How are the families considered to be lower-income? | 6 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: No birth certificate was issued ; a birth announcement was handwritten into the Currie family Bible .<sep>Span: a birth announcement
Student: | Who wrote the birth announcement? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example is below.
Q: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
A: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Rationale: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: The National Park Service announced this week that Mount Baldy will remain closed indefinitely due to the discovery of two new holes and a number of depressions on the north side slope , though the rest of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will be open .<sep>Span: closed indefinitely
A: | Why are they going to close the whole mountain indefinitely? | 9 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: But it can be hard for geologists to interpret what they see when they can ’ t agree how old a rock is .<sep>Span: how old a rock is
Student: | Why does age of the rocks matter? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example is below.
Q: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
A: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Rationale: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: It was the type of weather that would have scrubbed a space shuttle launch .<sep>Span: It was the type of weather
A: | What type of weather would scrub a shuttle launch? | 9 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: “ I was chief cook in three Thai restaurants , ” said Eduardo Dzib Vargas , listing venues on Potrero Hill , the Embarcadero district and Ghirardelli Square .<sep>Span: Ghirardelli Square
Output: Why are there Thai restaurants in an area that sounds Italian?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: Outlined in top - secret documents leaked to news media by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden , the disclosures are bruising ties with some of the closest U . S . allies , adding to the domestic outcry over the NSA ' s collection of data from millions of Americans ' communications as part of an effort to unearth terrorist plots .<sep>Span: the disclosures
Output: Which disclosures? Spying on allies?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: An Internet video of six young Iranian men and women dancing to Pharrell Williams ' " Happy " has led to their arrests , showing how far Tehran will go to halt what it deems to be decadent Western behavior - despite the views of its moderate president .<sep>Span: " Happy "
| Output: Is that a popular song?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Ex Input:
Sentence: New measures could be announced shortly , an administration official said .<sep>Span: an administration official
Ex Output:
Who is the administration official?
Ex Input:
Sentence: Such products are made possible by recent advances in technology that allow manufacturers to create nano - sized silver and incorporate it into various materials .<sep>Span: nano - sized
Ex Output:
What unit of measure determines this?
Ex Input:
Sentence: I mean , there are many , many homes that have been destroyed . ” The tentative death toll from the flooding rose to six as Larimer County law enforcement officials said an 80 - year - old woman had probably been killed .<sep>Span: been killed
Ex Output:
| How was she killed?
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Why? It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input: Sentence: Some of the roughly 150 passengers on the early morning Metro - North train from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan were jolted from sleep around 7 : 20 a . m . to screams and the frightening sensation of their compartment rolling over on a bend in the Bronx where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet .<sep>Span: compartment rolling over on a bend in the
Solution: | What exactly made the train flip? Was this a particularly fast turn? | 0 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: Yet whether in a direct or supporting role , aircraft carriers have taken part in almost every U . S . major military operation since World War II .<sep>Span: in almost every U . S . major military operation
answer:
Have there been exceptions?
question:
Sentence: What will it take to quash the ongoing Ebola epidemic and keep it from becoming part of the fabric of life in West Africa ?<sep>Span: quash
answer:
What does it mean to quash the virus?
question:
Sentence: Some of the roughly 150 passengers on the early morning Metro - North train from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan were jolted from sleep around 7 : 20 a . m . to screams and the frightening sensation of their compartment rolling over on a bend in the Bronx where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet .<sep>Span: compartment rolling over on a bend in the
answer:
| What exactly made the train flip? Was this a particularly fast turn?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Let me give you an example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
The answer to this example can be: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Here is why: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
OK. solve this:
Sentence: Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then - fiancee in February .<sep>Span: appears
Answer: | Thy does the video say appears to have been striking his then-fiance? | 8 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Part 1. Definition
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Answer: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: At a searing 1 . 56 million Scoville heat units ( SHUs ) , the Reaper knocked off the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T from Australia , the previous record holder at 1 . 46 million SHUs .<sep>Span: Reaper knocked off the Trinidad Scorpion Butch
Answer: | What year or just in general, when did this happen? | 7 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: The problem has gotten so bad that Canine Companions for Independence — the nation ’ s largest breeding and training service - dog program — launched an online petition last week asking the U . S . Department of Justice to take action .<sep>Span: Canine Companions for Independence
Student: | How many members does Canine Companions for Independce have? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution is here: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this: Sentence: If a magnitude - 9 . 0 earthquake were to strike along California ’ s sparsely populated North Coast , it would have a catastrophic ripple effect .<sep>Span: North Coast ,
Solution: | Where is the North Coast of California? | 6 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: And gun supporters are encouraging delegates , alternates and guests to carry black powder guns inside .<sep>Span: black powder guns
Output: What are black powder guns?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: He doesn ’ t have a cellphone — “ Why should I have a cellphone ?<sep>Span: “ Why should I have a cellphone ?
Output: Does he not see the value?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: Left unchanged , the supply of skilled workers will dwindle — leaving some 5 million jobs vacant by 2018 — and won ’ t keep pace with the demands of a modern economy or the needs of employers struggling to compete .<sep>Span: unchanged ,
| Output: how can it be changed?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: Officials said there were at least 700 Coloradans still listed as missing in Boulder and Larimer counties after the disaster , which has washed out bridges and roads and isolated several central Colorado communities .<sep>Span: isolated several central Colorado communities
Output: What communities were isolated by the flood?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: The findings also suggest — but don ’ t prove — that the tribes may have been right about Kennewick Man all along .<sep>Span: suggest — but don ’ t prove — that
Output: What would be needed to prove the findings?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: Silver has long been known for its ability to kill some of the nasty microbes that can make people sick .<sep>Span: some of the nasty microbes
| Output: Which nasty microbes?
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Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: On Monday , she paused to send the California school an email .<sep>Span: paused
Student: | Why did she hesitate in sending an email to the school? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: In hospitals , it ’ s used to help burn victims , to combat germs on catheters and even to wipe out dangerous “ superbugs ” that have grown resistant to traditional antibiotics .<sep>Span: “ superbugs ”
Student: | What is a superbug? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example input: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: More than 100 bridges would be lost , power lines toppled and coastal towns isolated .<sep>Span: coastal towns isolated
A: | Why are they isolated? | 3 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
One example is below.
Q: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
A: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Rationale: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: They have served as diplomatic tools to ratchet up or ease political pressure .<sep>Span: diplomatic tools
A: | How have they served as diplomatic tools? | 9 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
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Question: Sentence: The grainy video , released by TMZ Sports , apparently shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an elevator at an Atlantic City casino .<sep>Span: apparently
Answer: Is it Rice and Palmer in the video or not?
Question: Sentence: Under a restrictive new voter ID law in North Carolina , a state - issued photo ID is required for voting as of the 2016 election .<sep>Span: restrictive new voter ID law
Answer: What is the law?
Question: Sentence: They have served as diplomatic tools to ratchet up or ease political pressure .<sep>Span: diplomatic tools
Answer: | How have they served as diplomatic tools?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
--------
Question: Sentence: The National Park Service announced this week that Mount Baldy will remain closed indefinitely due to the discovery of two new holes and a number of depressions on the north side slope , though the rest of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will be open .<sep>Span: closed indefinitely
Answer: Why are they going to close the whole mountain indefinitely?
Question: Sentence: Officials with the National Rifle Association say recent rallies at fast - food restaurants and home - improvement stores are “ downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself . ” While the group applauds Texas for a “ robust gun culture , ” leaders of the group in a statement chastise “ a small number ( who ) have recently crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness . ” This comes as countless Republicans heading toward the state GOP convention in Fort Worth later this week plan to carry long guns outside the Fort Worth Convention Center .<sep>Span: small number
Answer: How many people is a small number?
Question: Sentence: A summer jobs program for teenagers appears to cut the rate of violent crime , according to a new study by a University of Pennsylvania researcher .<sep>Span: a University of Pennsylvania researcher
Answer: | Who is the researcher?
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Detailed Instructions: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
See one example below:
Problem: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: The rain was relentless .<sep>Span: The rain was relentless
Solution: | Where is it raining? | 4 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example Input: Sentence: In recent months , lawsuits alleging wage theft abuses have been filed on behalf of fast - food workers in three states , and state attorneys general have obtained a couple of hefty settlements from employers charged with violations .<sep>Span: three states ,
Example Output: What states?
Example Input: Sentence: Under picture - perfect blue skies , the throng assembled around the base of the Lincoln Memorial — where Martin Luther King Jr . delivered his iconic " I Have a Dream " speech — and listened to speaker after speaker implore them to become active participants , not bystanders , in the quest of racial equality and harmony .<sep>Span: picture - perfect blue skies ,
Example Output: why does this matter?
Example Input: Sentence: Officials with the National Rifle Association say recent rallies at fast - food restaurants and home - improvement stores are “ downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself . ” While the group applauds Texas for a “ robust gun culture , ” leaders of the group in a statement chastise “ a small number ( who ) have recently crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness . ” This comes as countless Republicans heading toward the state GOP convention in Fort Worth later this week plan to carry long guns outside the Fort Worth Convention Center .<sep>Span: small number
Example Output: | How many people is a small number?
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TASK DEFINITION: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
PROBLEM: Sentence: And gun supporters are encouraging delegates , alternates and guests to carry black powder guns inside .<sep>Span: black powder guns
SOLUTION: What are black powder guns?
PROBLEM: Sentence: Alberta Currie , the great - granddaughter of slaves , was born in a farmhouse surrounded by tobacco and cotton fields .<sep>Span: the great - granddaughter of slaves ,
SOLUTION: What does that even mean?
PROBLEM: Sentence: It ’ s so hot that workers who peel the chilies to scrape out seeds wear two pairs of protective gloves because the chili oils eat through one pair in 15 minutes .<sep>Span: the chili oils eat through one pair in 15 minutes
SOLUTION: | How do chili oils eat through a pair of protective goggles?
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instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: Teens in the study were generally from lower - income families , and one - fifth of them had previously been arrested .<sep>Span: lower - income
answer:
How are the families considered to be lower-income?
question:
Sentence: A number of plants and animals threatened by souring seas , including some mussels , abalone , rock oysters , plankton and even a few fish , appear likely — at least at first — to adjust or evolve .<sep>Span: souring seas ,
answer:
What is a souring sea?
question:
Sentence: But these lowly sea urchins adapt so quickly they ’ re helping answer a question that ’ s key to understanding ocean acidification : As fossil - fuel emissions disrupt marine life , will evolution come to the rescue ?<sep>Span: ocean acidification :
answer:
| What is ocean acidification?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: Officials with the National Rifle Association say recent rallies at fast - food restaurants and home - improvement stores are “ downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself . ” While the group applauds Texas for a “ robust gun culture , ” leaders of the group in a statement chastise “ a small number ( who ) have recently crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness . ” This comes as countless Republicans heading toward the state GOP convention in Fort Worth later this week plan to carry long guns outside the Fort Worth Convention Center .<sep>Span: small number
A: How many people is a small number?
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Q: Sentence: And advocates for the disabled say the issue is creating big headaches for those who truly need the canines ’ assistance .<sep>Span: creating big headaches
A: Why is this creating an issue? What is the problem with many, many people that own service dog certificates?
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Q: Sentence: It might seem like a culinary aberration , but it isn ’ t .<sep>Span: it isn ’ t
A: | Why isn't it weird that there's Thai food in Mexico?
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input case for you: Sentence: Her mother , Willie Pearl , gave birth with the assistance of a midwife .<sep>Span: Willie Pearl ,
Output: | Why don't they have the same last name? How do we know this is her mother? | 1 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input case for you: Sentence: For people who don ’ t live in the South Side neighborhood of Washington Park , there is hardly a reason to take the CTA ’ s Green Line to the Garfield station .<sep>Span: hardly a reason
Output: | Why is there hardly a reason to take the green line to the park? | 1 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: Teens in the study were generally from lower - income families , and one - fifth of them had previously been arrested .<sep>Span: lower - income
answer:
How are the families considered to be lower-income?
question:
Sentence: Silver has long been known for its ability to kill some of the nasty microbes that can make people sick .<sep>Span: some of the nasty microbes
answer:
Which nasty microbes?
question:
Sentence: For people who don ’ t live in the South Side neighborhood of Washington Park , there is hardly a reason to take the CTA ’ s Green Line to the Garfield station .<sep>Span: hardly a reason
answer:
| Why is there hardly a reason to take the green line to the park?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: Corporate spokesmen for McDonald ’ s and Burger King say wage theft is contrary to company policy and that allegations are investigated .<sep>Span: Corporate spokesmen
[A]: Who are the corporate spokesmen?
[Q]: Sentence: The reason for her delay : an unorthodox — and risky — protest at the U . S . - Mexico border .<sep>Span: unorthodox
[A]: Why is a protest unorthodox?
[Q]: Sentence: Other bids are expected from Honolulu and New York .<sep>Span: Honolulu
[A]: | Is this because Obama has ties to Hawaii?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Let me give you an example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
The answer to this example can be: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Here is why: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
OK. solve this:
Sentence: She is one of many experts who have combed the terrain for clues on the origin of these potentially dangerous holes , which are about a foot in diameter and seem to survive for less than a day before filling in naturally with sand .<sep>Span: potentially dangerous holes ,
Answer: | How are these holes particularly dangerous? | 8 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: Left unchanged , the supply of skilled workers will dwindle — leaving some 5 million jobs vacant by 2018 — and won ’ t keep pace with the demands of a modern economy or the needs of employers struggling to compete .<sep>Span: unchanged ,
how can it be changed?
Sentence: A number of plants and animals threatened by souring seas , including some mussels , abalone , rock oysters , plankton and even a few fish , appear likely — at least at first — to adjust or evolve .<sep>Span: souring seas ,
What is a souring sea?
Sentence: The United States and South Korea are on high alert amid signs that North Korea is planning a possible missile test .<sep>Span: United States and South Korea
| Why just list these two countries, specifically?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: Ebola outbreaks in the past few decades have consistently “ burned out ” in relatively isolated and rural areas in Central Africa where ill patients did not come into contact with many individuals .<sep>Span: relatively
What do they mean by 'relatively'?
Sentence: It was the type of weather that would have scrubbed a space shuttle launch .<sep>Span: It was the type of weather
What type of weather would scrub a shuttle launch?
Sentence: Each hits the other before Rice knocks Palmer off her feet and into a railing .<sep>Span: Each hits the other
| Who through the first punch?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The Ravens said earlier Monday that they never saw the new video .<sep>Span: never saw the new video
Why didn't they look at the video before reaching a decision?
Sentence: But as the top consumer of our education system , the private sector has a huge stake in this challenge and can ’ t afford to wait for others to find a solution .<sep>Span: challenge
What can the private sector do to handle the skills gap?
Sentence: Corporate spokesmen for McDonald ’ s and Burger King say wage theft is contrary to company policy and that allegations are investigated .<sep>Span: Corporate spokesmen
| Who are the corporate spokesmen?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: And not because the youths were too busy working to break the law .<sep>Span: the youths
[A]: What youths? Where are we talking about here?
[Q]: Sentence: Conflicting age estimates for certain rocks differ by up to 4 billion years — the vast majority of Mars ’ planetary existence .<sep>Span: Conflicting age estimates
[A]: Why are they unable to agree on the ages?
[Q]: Sentence: Geologist Erin Argyilan has in the last 10 months studied sediment , analyzed wind patterns and mapped terrain , but she hasn ’ t solved the mystery of the holes that appear and vanish in the beige sands of Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore .<sep>Span: studied
[A]: | How did Erin Argylian study this sediment?
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Part 1. Definition
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Answer: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: North Korea has also threatened its neighbors South Korea and Japan , both strong U . S . allies .<sep>Span: threatened
Answer: | What was the threat? | 7 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: Those who were randomly chosen to get the eight - week positions were arrested for violent offenses 43 percent fewer times than their peers , and most of that difference occurred during the 13 months after the jobs were finished .<sep>Span: eight - week positions
| Solution: Did pay play a role in the study? What was the pay? What were the hours? | 5 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: Today ’ s budget cuts threaten to shrink the Navy ’ s carrier force — already reduced from 11 to 10 — to as few as eight or nine .<sep>Span: 11 to 10
A: What specifically has shrunk from 11 to 10?
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Q: Sentence: Lizbeth Mateo paid her tuition Sunday for Santa Clara Law School , where classes begin next month .<sep>Span: where classes begin next month
A: What month is it?
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Q: Sentence: New attempts to answer the question suggest that in order to halt the calamitous chain of transmission at least 50 percent of all infectious Ebola patients in West Africa — and perhaps 70 percent — would need to be isolated and kept from infecting other individuals .<sep>Span: perhaps 70 percent
A: | Wouldn't the other 30% of patients continue spreading the virus?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The skills gap has been pigeonholed for many years as an education issue and left to policymakers , educators and administrators to fix .<sep>Span: fix
What attempts to fix our skills gap have been made by policymakers, educators and administrators?
Sentence: Harvey relies on his Newports to see him through his hard days .<sep>Span: Newports
What are Newports?
Sentence: Patriots Samuel Adams and Paul Revere took part in the original ceremony , when a cowhide capsule was placed as the state moved from its old statehouse to its new one across from the Boston Common .<sep>Span: original ceremony ,
| Why isn't this ceremony or anything like it in history books?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
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Question: Sentence: Scientists last year published this grim scenario for a massive rupture along the Cascadia fault system , which runs 700 miles off shore from Northern California to Vancouver Island .<sep>Span: Scientists
Answer: Which scientists?
Question: Sentence: Like Darwin ’ s finches or Great Britain ’ s peppered moths , these hedgehogs of the sea increasingly embody nature ’ s stunning capacity for resilience .<sep>Span: hedgehogs of the sea
Answer: Why are sea urchins known as hedgehogs of the sea?
Question: Sentence: Until then , they have to settle for examining meteorites — chunks of the Red Planet that land on Earth after hurtling through space and surviving the searing fall through our atmosphere .<sep>Span: searing fall through our atmosphere
Answer: | What happens to these rocks during this fall?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: The 29 - year - old Mateo , who was brought into the United States illegally at age 10, voluntarily flew back across the border recently in a protest aimed at recognizing the thousands of people deported from the United States over the last five years as the Obama administration struggles to adopt a long - range program for immigration reform .<sep>Span: struggles to adopt
[A]: Why is the struggle not outlined here? What are the struggles?
[Q]: Sentence: Republican Party of Texas Chairman Steve Munisteri released a new statement , letting party members know that “ anyone carrying an openly exposed weapon will be asked to do so outside of the building . ” Concealed handgun license holders and peace officers may carry their concealed handguns inside during the convention .<sep>Span: Steve Munisteri
[A]: Is he important?
[Q]: Sentence: Lizbeth Mateo paid her tuition Sunday for Santa Clara Law School , where classes begin next month .<sep>Span: where classes begin next month
[A]: | What month is it?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Ex Input:
Sentence: If a magnitude - 9 . 0 earthquake were to strike along California ’ s sparsely populated North Coast , it would have a catastrophic ripple effect .<sep>Span: North Coast ,
Ex Output:
Where is the North Coast of California?
Ex Input:
Sentence: Nearly a dozen file cabinets tipped on their sides .<sep>Span: tipped on their sides
Ex Output:
What caused the cabinets to tip on their sides?
Ex Input:
Sentence: Rep . John Lewis , D - Ga . , the only living speaker from the 1963 march , fired up Saturday ' s crowd by exhorting them to fight against the Supreme Court ' s decision last June that struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .<sep>Span: a key provision
Ex Output:
| What was the provision?
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instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: Harvey relies on his Newports to see him through his hard days .<sep>Span: Newports
answer:
What are Newports?
question:
Sentence: Across town at the Limba Restaurant , the menu carries an assortment of dishes from Thailand , created by a chef who spent a decade in kitchens in San Francisco , where Asian food is prevalent .<sep>Span: by a chef
answer:
Who is the chef?
question:
Sentence: The findings by Sara B . Heller , an assistant professor of criminology at Penn , were reported last week in the journal Science .<sep>Span: the journal Science
answer:
| What journal is this? Is this a reputable source for teenage delinquency?
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Detailed Instructions: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
See one example below:
Problem: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: " I gave a little blood on that bridge in Selma , Ala . , " he told the crowd , referring to the 1965 " Bloody Sunday " march from Selma to Montgomery , Ala . , in which protestors were brutally beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge .<sep>Span: brutally beaten
Solution: | beaten by who? | 4 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Why? It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input: Sentence: The Ravens said earlier Monday that they never saw the new video .<sep>Span: never saw the new video
Solution: | Why didn't they look at the video before reaching a decision? | 0 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Part 1. Definition
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Part 2. Example
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Answer: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Part 3. Exercise
Sentence: Lindell Harvey smokes because he hasn ’ t .<sep>Span: Lindell Harvey
Answer: | Who is Lindell Harvey? | 7 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example Input: Sentence: The Carolinas were once the epicenter of the U . S . textile industry , but since the late 1990s , thousands of jobs were lost when emerging markets joined the game , touting cheaper materials and labor .<sep>Span: The Carolinas
Example Output: Why were the Carolinas the epicenter of the US textile industry?
Example Input: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola , President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Ebola ,
Example Output: Why is the United States concerned about Ebola?
Example Input: Sentence: Lindell Harvey smokes because he hasn ’ t .<sep>Span: Lindell Harvey
Example Output: | Who is Lindell Harvey?
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Detailed Instructions: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
See one example below:
Problem: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: Across town at the Limba Restaurant , the menu carries an assortment of dishes from Thailand , created by a chef who spent a decade in kitchens in San Francisco , where Asian food is prevalent .<sep>Span: by a chef
Solution: | Who is the chef? | 4 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[EX Q]: Sentence: The United States and South Korea are on high alert amid signs that North Korea is planning a possible missile test .<sep>Span: United States and South Korea
[EX A]: Why just list these two countries, specifically?
[EX Q]: Sentence: “ Unfortunately , people are trading on the fact these harnesses and vests have become distinguishing marks of service dogs , so now you find unscrupulous businesses who sell these things to people who want to take their dogs into the store or restaurant or in the passenger cabin of the plane , ” said Paul Mundell , national director of canine programs for CCI .<sep>Span: businesses who sell these things
[EX A]: How many businesses are selling harnesses and vests for service dogs?
[EX Q]: Sentence: The question of whether guns can be carried into the center during the three - day convention has been a concern because there ’ s a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission license on the facility .<sep>Span: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
[EX A]: | So can people drink while they are handling the guns?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: The grainy video , released by TMZ Sports , apparently shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an elevator at an Atlantic City casino .<sep>Span: apparently
[A]: Is it Rice and Palmer in the video or not?
[Q]: Sentence: The fresh estimates are also another way of measuring whether the recession , which clamped down on state - to - state movement , has loosened its grip on American migration .<sep>Span: estimates
[A]: Are the statistics previously mentioned actual numbers or just estimates?
[Q]: Sentence: John Hickenlooper , appearing on CNN on Sunday morning , expressed hope that many of the missing are simply out of reach of communications , and have “ already gotten out or ( are ) staying with friends . ” “ But , ” he added , “ we ’ re still bracing .<sep>Span: “ we ’ re still bracing
[A]: | Bracing for what?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example input: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: Keer , a textile company headquartered two hours southwest of Shanghai , China , is building yarn manufacturing lines in Lancaster , bringing more than 500 jobs .<sep>Span: textile company
A: | Why are they relocating? | 3 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: Rep . John Lewis , D - Ga . , the only living speaker from the 1963 march , fired up Saturday ' s crowd by exhorting them to fight against the Supreme Court ' s decision last June that struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .<sep>Span: a key provision
A: What was the provision?
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Q: Sentence: The reason for her delay : an unorthodox — and risky — protest at the U . S . - Mexico border .<sep>Span: unorthodox
A: Why is a protest unorthodox?
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Q: Sentence: Keer , a textile company headquartered two hours southwest of Shanghai , China , is building yarn manufacturing lines in Lancaster , bringing more than 500 jobs .<sep>Span: textile company
A: | Why are they relocating?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: The French government launched a new effort Thursday to heal social and religious fractures by better teaching children about secular values and steering them away from extremist propaganda , after French - born Islamic radicals shocked the nation in three days of terror attacks .<sep>Span: new effort
[A]: How was the French government handling the situation beforehand?
[Q]: Sentence: The findings also suggest — but don ’ t prove — that the tribes may have been right about Kennewick Man all along .<sep>Span: suggest — but don ’ t prove — that
[A]: What would be needed to prove the findings?
[Q]: Sentence: But it turns out that Nader , who just turned 80, is so last century — maybe so last two centuries .<sep>Span: so last century —
[A]: | Why is he considered old?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example Input: Sentence: Next spring , spinning wheels will hum again in Lancaster County , South Carolina .<sep>Span: again
Example Output: Why did the spinning wheels stop humming?
Example Input: Sentence: Widespread flood recovery efforts continued Sunday in Colorado as hundreds of residents remained unaccounted for and the death toll - as well as the number of missing - continued to rise .<sep>Span: in Colorado
Example Output: Where in Colorado?
Example Input: Sentence: Valls convened a special government meeting Thursday to tackle this societal divide .<sep>Span: special government meeting
Example Output: | Were there representatives from all political parties at this meeting?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example input: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: But it ’ s possible that the landscape could change .<sep>Span: the landscape could change
A: | How could the landscape change? | 3 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed Sunday , killing four people and injuring more than 60 in a crash that threw passengers from the toppling cars and left a snaking chain of twisted wreckage just inches from the water .<sep>Span: derailed Sunday ,
Student: | Why did the train derail? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: Ralph Nader looks like the original geek .<sep>Span: Ralph Nader
[A]: Who is Ralph Nader?
[Q]: Sentence: Now the Bothell archaeologist is back in the spotlight with another set of prehistoric bones , along with DNA evidence that helps resolve a long - standing puzzle about the first Americans .<sep>Span: Bothell
[A]: who is bothell?
[Q]: Sentence: And not because the youths were too busy working to break the law .<sep>Span: the youths
[A]: | What youths? Where are we talking about here?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: And not because the youths were too busy working to break the law .<sep>Span: the youths
A: What youths? Where are we talking about here?
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Q: Sentence: She is one of many experts who have combed the terrain for clues on the origin of these potentially dangerous holes , which are about a foot in diameter and seem to survive for less than a day before filling in naturally with sand .<sep>Span: potentially dangerous holes ,
A: How are these holes particularly dangerous?
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Q: Sentence: Outlined in top - secret documents leaked to news media by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden , the disclosures are bruising ties with some of the closest U . S . allies , adding to the domestic outcry over the NSA ' s collection of data from millions of Americans ' communications as part of an effort to unearth terrorist plots .<sep>Span: the disclosures
A: | Which disclosures? Spying on allies?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: In a damp ceremony of discovery Thursday , snow - flecked excavators in Boston retrieved a time capsule whose contents are thought to be almost as old as the nation , and even older .<sep>Span: time capsule
| Solution: What was in the time capsule? | 5 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: The findings by Sara B . Heller , an assistant professor of criminology at Penn , were reported last week in the journal Science .<sep>Span: the journal Science
A: What journal is this? Is this a reputable source for teenage delinquency?
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Q: Sentence: They house France ' s poorest , especially minorities with immigrant roots , including many Muslims from former French colonies .<sep>Span: France ' s poorest ,
A: Why are France's poorest in these neighborhoods that are \"troubled\"?
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Q: Sentence: The new numbers show what was behind the growth in each state : more babies , more immigrants or more newcomers from other states .<sep>Span: other states .
A: | Which other states?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
--------
Question: Sentence: “ We ’ re seeing what appears to be a new geological phenomenon , ” she said .<sep>Span: new geological
Answer: What distinquishes this as something that is new?
Question: Sentence: No birth certificate was issued ; a birth announcement was handwritten into the Currie family Bible .<sep>Span: a birth announcement
Answer: Who wrote the birth announcement?
Question: Sentence: The skills gap has been pigeonholed for many years as an education issue and left to policymakers , educators and administrators to fix .<sep>Span: fix
Answer: | What attempts to fix our skills gap have been made by policymakers, educators and administrators?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Let me give you an example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
The answer to this example can be: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Here is why: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
OK. solve this:
Sentence: Mountain residents and the Fresno County sheriff are squaring off against a federal wildlife agency over frogs and toads - an Endangered Species Act fight that spreads like wildfire along the Sierra Nevada .<sep>Span: spreads like wildfire
Answer: | Does this mean that news of the confict is spreading? Is support for the residents is increasing or support for the federal wildlife agency is increasing? | 8 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Ex Input:
Sentence: The findings also suggest — but don ’ t prove — that the tribes may have been right about Kennewick Man all along .<sep>Span: suggest — but don ’ t prove — that
Ex Output:
What would be needed to prove the findings?
Ex Input:
Sentence: The findings by Sara B . Heller , an assistant professor of criminology at Penn , were reported last week in the journal Science .<sep>Span: the journal Science
Ex Output:
What journal is this? Is this a reputable source for teenage delinquency?
Ex Input:
Sentence: Mountain residents and the Fresno County sheriff are squaring off against a federal wildlife agency over frogs and toads - an Endangered Species Act fight that spreads like wildfire along the Sierra Nevada .<sep>Span: spreads like wildfire
Ex Output:
| Does this mean that news of the confict is spreading? Is support for the residents is increasing or support for the federal wildlife agency is increasing?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: Criticism outside Iran was predictably swift Wednesday , with calls for freedom for the jailed youths zipping around social media .<sep>Span: Criticism outside Iran
Output: Who is the criticism from?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: So Yan , a widow since her husband ’ s death nearly a decade ago , spends every weekday at a modest community center near her home , where she plays mahjong and eats meals prepared by a volunteer staff .<sep>Span: spends every weekday
Output: What does this have to do with the festival?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: “ I was chief cook in three Thai restaurants , ” said Eduardo Dzib Vargas , listing venues on Potrero Hill , the Embarcadero district and Ghirardelli Square .<sep>Span: Ghirardelli Square
| Output: Why are there Thai restaurants in an area that sounds Italian?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Ex Input:
Sentence: For generations , elderly Chinese citizens could count on having a place in multi - generational households , where their children could treat them in infirmity .<sep>Span: in infirmity
Ex Output:
What does this mean?
Ex Input:
Sentence: Like Darwin ’ s finches or Great Britain ’ s peppered moths , these hedgehogs of the sea increasingly embody nature ’ s stunning capacity for resilience .<sep>Span: hedgehogs of the sea
Ex Output:
Why are sea urchins known as hedgehogs of the sea?
Ex Input:
Sentence: Alberta Currie , the great - granddaughter of slaves , was born in a farmhouse surrounded by tobacco and cotton fields .<sep>Span: the great - granddaughter of slaves ,
Ex Output:
| What does that even mean?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: Valls convened a special government meeting Thursday to tackle this societal divide .<sep>Span: special government meeting
A: Were there representatives from all political parties at this meeting?
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Q: Sentence: Ralph Nader looks like the original geek .<sep>Span: Ralph Nader
A: Who is Ralph Nader?
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Q: Sentence: His latest book , “ Unstoppable , ” will soon be out , and like his previous 11 it was typed on a bulky manual typewriter .<sep>Span: bulky manual typewriter
A: | What does it look like?
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instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: A tweet posted Wednesday evening on President Hassan Rouhani ' s account seemed to address the controversy , even if it stopped short of mentioning the video or the arrests directly .<sep>Span: tweet
answer:
He uses social media?
question:
Sentence: It might seem like a culinary aberration , but it isn ’ t .<sep>Span: it isn ’ t
answer:
Why isn't it weird that there's Thai food in Mexico?
question:
Sentence: A box overflowing with keyboards and wires .<sep>Span: box
answer:
| Where was this box found?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: Carolinas textile jobs went to China , Brazil and Vietnam , among other places .<sep>Span: among other places
| Solution: Where else did they go? | 5 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: On Monday , she paused to send the California school an email .<sep>Span: paused
answer:
Why did she hesitate in sending an email to the school?
question:
Sentence: Today ’ s budget cuts threaten to shrink the Navy ’ s carrier force — already reduced from 11 to 10 — to as few as eight or nine .<sep>Span: 11 to 10
answer:
What specifically has shrunk from 11 to 10?
question:
Sentence: Intense , driven , focused on detail , slightly disheveled , the consumer advocate and former presidential candidate has a large electronic footprint on the Internet and social media .<sep>Span: the consumer advocate
answer:
| Consumer advocate for what?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Let me give you an example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
The answer to this example can be: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Here is why: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
OK. solve this:
Sentence: New measures could be announced shortly , an administration official said .<sep>Span: an administration official
Answer: | Who is the administration official? | 8 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: Conflicting age estimates for certain rocks differ by up to 4 billion years — the vast majority of Mars ’ planetary existence .<sep>Span: Conflicting age estimates
Student: | Why are they unable to agree on the ages? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input case for you: Sentence: On the 21st floor of the downtown Prudential Building , about 25 operators in blue shaded cubicles are talking on telephone headsets while a dozen more callers wait on hold .<sep>Span: downtown
Output: | What city is this located in? | 1 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: No birth certificate was issued ; a birth announcement was handwritten into the Currie family Bible .<sep>Span: a birth announcement
[A]: Who wrote the birth announcement?
[Q]: Sentence: Conflicting age estimates for certain rocks differ by up to 4 billion years — the vast majority of Mars ’ planetary existence .<sep>Span: Conflicting age estimates
[A]: Why are they unable to agree on the ages?
[Q]: Sentence: On the 21st floor of the downtown Prudential Building , about 25 operators in blue shaded cubicles are talking on telephone headsets while a dozen more callers wait on hold .<sep>Span: downtown
[A]: | What city is this located in?
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instruction:
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
question:
Sentence: No birth certificate was issued ; a birth announcement was handwritten into the Currie family Bible .<sep>Span: a birth announcement
answer:
Who wrote the birth announcement?
question:
Sentence: It ' s 10 a . m . Monday inside the call center of Connecticut ' s new insurance exchange established under the Affordable Care Act , the federal health law .<sep>Span: Connecticut ' s
answer:
When was Connecticut’s insurance exchange established?
question:
Sentence: Teens in the study were generally from lower - income families , and one - fifth of them had previously been arrested .<sep>Span: lower - income
answer:
| How are the families considered to be lower-income?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: But these lowly sea urchins adapt so quickly they ’ re helping answer a question that ’ s key to understanding ocean acidification : As fossil - fuel emissions disrupt marine life , will evolution come to the rescue ?<sep>Span: ocean acidification :
A: What is ocean acidification?
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Q: Sentence: The nation ’ s largest gun - rights group is taking some Texans to task over their headline - generating demonstrations advocating the legal , open carrying of weapons .<sep>Span: to task
A: What does \'to task\' mean?
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Q: Sentence: No birth certificate was issued ; a birth announcement was handwritten into the Currie family Bible .<sep>Span: a birth announcement
A: | Who wrote the birth announcement?
****
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Why? It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
New input: Sentence: Under mounting pressure from new revelations that the United States collected the telephone data of tens of millions of Europeans , the Obama administration on Monday said that there is a need for new constraints on U . S . intelligence - gathering operations and a top senator announced that the spying on U . S . allies would stop .<sep>Span: U . S . intelligence - gathering operations
Solution: | Which agency did this? | 0 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: Scientists last year published this grim scenario for a massive rupture along the Cascadia fault system , which runs 700 miles off shore from Northern California to Vancouver Island .<sep>Span: Scientists
Which scientists?
Sentence: Mountain residents and the Fresno County sheriff are squaring off against a federal wildlife agency over frogs and toads - an Endangered Species Act fight that spreads like wildfire along the Sierra Nevada .<sep>Span: spreads like wildfire
Does this mean that news of the confict is spreading? Is support for the residents is increasing or support for the federal wildlife agency is increasing?
Sentence: The National Park Service announced this week that Mount Baldy will remain closed indefinitely due to the discovery of two new holes and a number of depressions on the north side slope , though the rest of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will be open .<sep>Span: closed indefinitely
| Why are they going to close the whole mountain indefinitely?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: Wander into Cafe Rex in Oxkutzcab , Mexico , deep in the interior of the Yucatan Peninsula , and some odd things pop out on the menu .<sep>Span: odd things
Why are odd things on the menu?
Sentence: The new numbers show what was behind the growth in each state : more babies , more immigrants or more newcomers from other states .<sep>Span: other states .
Which other states?
Sentence: Under mounting pressure from new revelations that the United States collected the telephone data of tens of millions of Europeans , the Obama administration on Monday said that there is a need for new constraints on U . S . intelligence - gathering operations and a top senator announced that the spying on U . S . allies would stop .<sep>Span: U . S . intelligence - gathering operations
| Which agency did this?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: The National Park Service announced this week that Mount Baldy will remain closed indefinitely due to the discovery of two new holes and a number of depressions on the north side slope , though the rest of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will be open .<sep>Span: closed indefinitely
Output: Why are they going to close the whole mountain indefinitely?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: A tweet posted Wednesday evening on President Hassan Rouhani ' s account seemed to address the controversy , even if it stopped short of mentioning the video or the arrests directly .<sep>Span: tweet
Output: He uses social media?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: A tweet posted Wednesday evening on President Hassan Rouhani ' s account seemed to address the controversy , even if it stopped short of mentioning the video or the arrests directly .<sep>Span: tweet
| Output: He uses social media?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Let me give you an example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
The answer to this example can be: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Here is why: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
OK. solve this:
Sentence: Widespread flood recovery efforts continued Sunday in Colorado as hundreds of residents remained unaccounted for and the death toll - as well as the number of missing - continued to rise .<sep>Span: in Colorado
Answer: | Where in Colorado? | 8 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
--------
Question: Sentence: Rep . John Lewis , D - Ga . , the only living speaker from the 1963 march , fired up Saturday ' s crowd by exhorting them to fight against the Supreme Court ' s decision last June that struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .<sep>Span: a key provision
Answer: What was the provision?
Question: Sentence: A tweet posted Wednesday evening on President Hassan Rouhani ' s account seemed to address the controversy , even if it stopped short of mentioning the video or the arrests directly .<sep>Span: tweet
Answer: He uses social media?
Question: Sentence: Widespread flood recovery efforts continued Sunday in Colorado as hundreds of residents remained unaccounted for and the death toll - as well as the number of missing - continued to rise .<sep>Span: in Colorado
Answer: | Where in Colorado?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: New measures could be announced shortly , an administration official said .<sep>Span: an administration official
A: Who is the administration official?
****
Q: Sentence: An unfortunate irony to emerge from our lackluster economic recovery is that even as millions of Americans remain unemployed or underemployed , too many employers are unable to find qualified candidates for open positions .<sep>Span: positions
A: If so many Americans are unemployed or underemployed, then how come so many employers are unable to find qualified candidates for open positions?
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Q: Sentence: It was the type of weather that would have scrubbed a space shuttle launch .<sep>Span: It was the type of weather
A: | What type of weather would scrub a shuttle launch?
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Teacher: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Reason: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Now, solve this instance: Sentence: An Internet video of six young Iranian men and women dancing to Pharrell Williams ' " Happy " has led to their arrests , showing how far Tehran will go to halt what it deems to be decadent Western behavior - despite the views of its moderate president .<sep>Span: " Happy "
Student: | Is that a popular song? | 2 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example solution: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Problem: Sentence: How hot is Smokin ’ Ed ’ s Carolina Reaper chili pepper ?<sep>Span: Smokin ’ Ed ’ s
| Solution: Who is Smokin' Ed? | 5 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Example input: Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .<sep>Span: Obama administration
Example output: What was the duration of the Obama administration?
Example explanation: It is an inquisitive question based on the specific span of the sentence.
Q: Sentence: The findings also suggest — but don ’ t prove — that the tribes may have been right about Kennewick Man all along .<sep>Span: suggest — but don ’ t prove — that
A: | What would be needed to prove the findings? | 3 | NIv2 | task857_inquisitive_question_generation | fs_opt |
TASK DEFINITION: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
PROBLEM: Sentence: Though barely a mile from the stately University of Chicago campus , the desolate block of East Garfield Boulevard between Martin Luther King Drive and Prairie Avenue has little to offer , mostly one shuttered storefront after another and remnants of broken signage from businesses that once beckoned customers .<sep>Span: little to offer ,
SOLUTION: What DOES it have to offer?
PROBLEM: Sentence: “ We ’ re also going to be working on protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in the United States , ” the president said , without offering details .<sep>Span: protocols
SOLUTION: Who will provide the medical expertise to develop these protocols?
PROBLEM: Sentence: Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then - fiancee in February .<sep>Span: appears
SOLUTION: | Thy does the video say appears to have been striking his then-fiance?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: Though a little banged up , these meteorites provide a vital up - close view of our rust - hued neighbor .<sep>Span: banged up ,
Output: What kind of damage do they sustain?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: New measures could be announced shortly , an administration official said .<sep>Span: an administration official
Output: Who is the administration official?
Input: Consider Input: Sentence: The problem has gotten so bad that Canine Companions for Independence — the nation ’ s largest breeding and training service - dog program — launched an online petition last week asking the U . S . Department of Justice to take action .<sep>Span: Canine Companions for Independence
| Output: How many members does Canine Companions for Independce have?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Sentence: The Ravens said earlier Monday that they never saw the new video .<sep>Span: never saw the new video
Why didn't they look at the video before reaching a decision?
Sentence: The violet bottom - dwelling , prickle - backed spheres wriggling in the tank in Gretchen Hofmann ’ s lab aren ’ t really known for their speed .<sep>Span: Gretchen Hofmann ’ s lab
Who is this? Why do they have a lab?
Sentence: At a searing 1 . 56 million Scoville heat units ( SHUs ) , the Reaper knocked off the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T from Australia , the previous record holder at 1 . 46 million SHUs .<sep>Span: Reaper knocked off the Trinidad Scorpion Butch
| What year or just in general, when did this happen?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
[Q]: Sentence: Investigators have used ground - penetrating radar and specialized GPS devices to peek below the landscape , but no one is entirely certain why the holes form along the surface of this landmark , which attracts thousands of visitors each year .<sep>Span: GPS devices
[A]: Is this different from the GPS devices we use on a daily basis?
[Q]: Sentence: “ We ’ re also going to be working on protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in the United States , ” the president said , without offering details .<sep>Span: protocols
[A]: Who will provide the medical expertise to develop these protocols?
[Q]: Sentence: A giant tsunami created by the quake would wash away coastal towns , destroy U . S . 101 and cause $ 70 billion in damage over a large swath of the Pacific coast .<sep>Span: giant tsunami created by the quake
[A]: | How do earthquakes cause tsunamis?
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TASK DEFINITION: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
PROBLEM: Sentence: Widespread flood recovery efforts continued Sunday in Colorado as hundreds of residents remained unaccounted for and the death toll - as well as the number of missing - continued to rise .<sep>Span: in Colorado
SOLUTION: Where in Colorado?
PROBLEM: Sentence: A legal immigrant asks if she can sign up for a health plan through the state ' s online insurance marketplace .<sep>Span: immigrant
SOLUTION: Can a legal immigrant sign up for a state health plan onlin?
PROBLEM: Sentence: But few seem as wired as these saltwater pincushions to come through the next several decades unscathed .<sep>Span: But few seem as wired
SOLUTION: | Are we talking about the people that studies these creatures or the creatures themselves?
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Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Q: Sentence: The reason for her delay : an unorthodox — and risky — protest at the U . S . - Mexico border .<sep>Span: unorthodox
A: Why is a protest unorthodox?
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Q: Sentence: “ I ’ m letting them know I may not make it in time , ” she said .<sep>Span: in time , ”
A: Why wouldn't she make it in time?
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Q: Sentence: The nation ’ s largest gun - rights group is taking some Texans to task over their headline - generating demonstrations advocating the legal , open carrying of weapons .<sep>Span: to task
A: | What does \'to task\' mean?
****
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